AIRE Ancient Baths occupies a 1912 Edwardian Classicism building on Front Street West, once the Copp Clark publishing warehouse, now 23,000 square feet of candlelit bathing. The thermal circuit moves guests through eight baths at different temperatures, alongside a dry sauna and a steam room, in the Roman, Greek and Ottoman bathing tradition. Massages and rituals include the thermal bath tour. It opens daily from 10am to 10pm, with the last session two hours before closing.
Elmwood Spa has occupied a historic building on Elm Street, just off Yonge, for more than forty years and spreads treatment rooms over four floors. Its Water Therapies circuit combines a swimming pool, a whirlpool, steam rooms and a poolside lounge, and is scheduled before treatments wherever possible. Guests can also take lunch in a robe at the spa's own dining room. The spa opens at 9am Monday to Thursday and 10am on Sundays.
Miraj Hammam Spa sits on the fifth floor of the Shangri-La Hotel on University Avenue. Its modern hammam is booked privately and exclusively for each guest, so the ritual of purification happens in solitude rather than on a communal floor. Sixty minutes of treatment time also opens the hotel health club's steam room, sauna, jacuzzi and lap pool. Guests are advised to arrive an hour early to make the most of the pool and health club amenities.
AIRE Ancient Baths occupies a 1912 Edwardian Classicism building on Front Street West, once the Copp Clark publishing warehouse, now 23,000 square feet of candlelit bathing. The thermal circuit moves guests through eight baths at different temperatures, alongside a dry sauna and a steam room, in the Roman, Greek and Ottoman bathing tradition. Massages and rituals include the thermal bath tour. It opens daily from 10am to 10pm, with the last session two hours before closing.
Elmwood Spa has occupied a historic building on Elm Street, just off Yonge, for more than forty years and spreads treatment rooms over four floors. Its Water Therapies circuit combines a swimming pool, a whirlpool, steam rooms and a poolside lounge, and is scheduled before treatments wherever possible. Guests can also take lunch in a robe at the spa's own dining room. The spa opens at 9am Monday to Thursday and 10am on Sundays.
Miraj Hammam Spa sits on the fifth floor of the Shangri-La Hotel on University Avenue. Its modern hammam is booked privately and exclusively for each guest, so the ritual of purification happens in solitude rather than on a communal floor. Sixty minutes of treatment time also opens the hotel health club's steam room, sauna, jacuzzi and lap pool. Guests are advised to arrive an hour early to make the most of the pool and health club amenities.